Safety-razor.



f C. L. SPRINGER.

` SAFETY RAZOR.. i APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 25, 191s.

1,072,785.,v Patented sep1;.9,1913.

aofi/2,785.

CHARLES L. SPRINGER, UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA;

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification ofLetters Patent.Y

i lla'tented Sept. 9, 12113.

Application filed March 25, 1913. Serial No. 756,693.

To all whom if may concern:

Be it known that I, CIUR'LES L. SPRINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Uniontown, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of s razors.

- llt has for its object to provide, in a razor of this type, a guard for clamping the blade to the shank having apair of series of oppositely extending serrated'guard or protecting edges, one of such series being pivoted to the `main central body portion of the guard and adapted to be laid over the blade-at one edge or to be -thrown back therefrom upon the other series to permit sharpening of the blade.

The construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a plan vview of the razor in normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the pivoted series of guard edges thrown back for stropping. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view on the line III. III. of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line IV. 1V. of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 isa perspective detail view of the composite guard member, detached.

The razor in its entirety is of that type which utilizes a removable blade mounted on a holding shank having a covering handle afety Isimilar to that of the ordinary razor. The

body portion of the shank 2 forms the holding and securing base for the blade and safety guard, .the `shank extending back'- wardly, providing an integral holding stein 3 which is pivoted at 11 to the ordinary han- -dle 5. The shank 2 is provided longitudinally of its center with sockets 6, 6, having longitudinally opposite receivingjeavities 7 for the projecting key portions of the longi- Said guard,

preferably at two positions centrally of its length, as indicated at 9, providing the 'downwardly extending securing tangs 10 which project through a central opening 11 in the blade 12 and engage underneath hold ing ledges or lips 13 extending vover the recesses 7. The blade 12 is double edged, of

the usual type used` with safety razors, and is lxedly held in position by the guard by the somewhatresihent action of the tangs 10.

The present invention relates particularly to the eonstruction'of t-he guard member 8. Said member is provided along one side or edge with a series of integral serrations or teeth 14 adapted to lie over and project beyond the cutting edge of the blade 12at one. side. At the other side of the guard is a similar series of protecting Serrat-ions or pro jections 15 adapted to lie over and beyond the other edge of blade 12. Said series of projections 15 extend laterally from a longitudinal integral body portion 1 6. having inwardly extending hinge members 1T with terminal pivoting ends 18 which are mounted by pivot orhinge connections with the central end portions of the guard 8, as clearly shown at 19. The movement of these pivot or hinge connections is so arranged as to allow the adjustable series of projections 15 to be laid over upon the blade edge, as in Fig. 1,1 the inner edge of the body portion y 16 engaging' the adjacent edge of Vthe main bodv portion of the guard 8 along the line 20.

A holding latch 21 is 'pivoted to the cen- Y tral portion of the guard 8 at 22 and when thrown out, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, over the inner portion of the adjustable guard member, will hold it fixedly in positionrupon the blade edge, When the latch 21 i's thrown backwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and and in full lines in Fig. 2, the adjustable guard-may be thrown back upon the permanent guard member, as

shown in Fig.` 2 and in Vdotted .lines in Fig.

3, lying closely adjacent to the permanent guard projections14 and held in position by turned up end 23 of latch 21, engaging the inner straight` edge of the adjustable guard, thus holding it when it is laid over upon the permanent guard member and exposing the previously covered edge of the blade, for stropping.

The mounting'and adjustment of the adjustable guard is such as to facilitate the operation and render it easy and simple, and when it is desired to sharpen the other edge ofthe blade 12, the guard is merely removed and the blade reversed, when it may be sharpened likewise, in the manner of an ordinary razor blade.

The advantages of the invent-ion reside in its facility for sharpening the blades in thev ordinary and customary manner of the usual old style razor, avoiding the necessity of special strapping mechanism.

` ber adapted to hold the adjustable guard,

The device iscomparatively simple and cheap in construction, easily operated, not liable to get out of order, andis of especial advantage .in closely approximating the ordinary razor in use.

What I claim is:

l. In a safety razor, the combination Wit-h a holding shank having transverse openings therethrough and an apertured blade, of a main guard member having securing lips extending through the openings in the shank and blade Aand an integral protecting serrated edge at one side, an adjustable protecting serrated guard portion pivoted at its ends to the main guard member and a holding latch pivoted to the main guard memmemher in position, substantially as` set forth. r

2. In a safety razor, the combination with an-apertured holding shank and blade, of a :guard member consisting of a main body portion having L-shaped holding extensions extending through and fastening together `the shank and blade and a `series of protecting projections at one side, and an adjustable guard member pivoted to said body portion in longitudinal alinement with the center of the holding shank and blade and having similar protecting projections, substantially as set forth. c v

3. In a safety razor, the combination with an apertured holding shank and blade, of a guard member consisting of a main body portion having L-shaped holding extensions for extending through and fastening to-.

gether theshank and blade and a series ot' protecting projections at one side, an adjustable guard member pivoted to said body portion in longitudinal alinement With the center of the holding shank and blade and having similar protecting projections, and moans for holding the adjustable guard member in extended position, substantially as set'forth. v

Ll. In a safety razor, the combination with an apertured holding sha-nk and blade, of a composite guard member consisting of pivotally connectedsections each having a ser. rated protecting edge portion for the razor blade, one of said sections having L -shaped portions extending through the blade and shank for attaching and connecting the guard member to the said parts and the other section being pivotally connected to said section midway of the maximum WidthV substantially as of the entire guard member, set forth.

5. In a safety razor, the combination With A an apertured holding shank and blade, Vof a compositevguard pivotally connected sections each having a serrated protecting edge port-ion for the razor blade, one of said sections having L- shaped portions extending through the blade andjshan'k for attaching and connect'- ing the guard member .to the said parts, the

member consisting iof other section being pivotally connected to said section midway of the maximum Width of the entirezguard member, and a locking device forfthe other section, substantially as set ,orth. f

6. A4 composite guard member for safety razors consisting of a main guard member having securing clips extending from its body portion and a serrated protecting edge portion at one side, and an adjustable guard member pivoted thereto adapted to be extended in alinement With the main guard member or to be laid over thereon and means on the main guard nie ber for holding the adjustable'guard member in either position, substantially as set forth.

7. A composite guard member for 'safety razors consisting of a main guard member having securing clips extending from its body portion and a serrated protecting edge port-ion at one side, an adjustable guard member pivoted thereto adapted to be extended in alinement with the main guard member or to be laid over thereon, and a latch-device secured on the main guard member for holding the adjustable guard mem- V berlin either position, substantially as set forth. Y

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. CHARLES L. SPRINGER. lVitnesses: l C. M. FEE, Jr.,

E. S. SHowAL'rER. 

